Philip h



P. H. UNSINGER.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1919.

1,323,731. Patented Dec. 2,1919.

- I INVENTOI? an STTES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP n. UNSINGER, or GENEVA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR ro GENE A CUTLERY" i conrona'rion, or GENEVA, NEW YORK, "A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

, SAFETY-RAZOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP I-I. UNSINGER,

of Geneva, in the county of Ontario, in

the State of New York,.have invented new and useful Improvements in'Safety-Razors, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full,

clear, and exact description. 7

This invention relates to improvements in mounts for razor blades and what are commonly called safety razors.

The object of this invention is to produce a mount which will hold, in operative position, the ordinary commercial blades used in safety razors, cheap and durable in construction and of great utility.

Theinvention relates more particularly to the detailed construction and operation thereof, the advantages of which will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the safety razor mount looking at it from the rear, in closed position holding the blade.

- Fig. 2 is a section on line a-a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on'line bb, Fig. 1. The razor mount comprises abase -1 preferably formed of sheet metal, having its front portion bent downwardly as shown at 2, from the body of the plate and preferably lying at an obtuse angle to the body of the plate to constitute when formed,

as hereinafter described, a guard bar 3 and a series of upwardly extending teeth For this purpose the plate -'-1- has a portion cut away to form an elongated opening -.5 bordered by relatively narrow side walls 6 which together with the bar 3, from which the teeth -4- extend, constitute the guard bar of the razor. The series of guard teeth 4t project into the opening -5- when the front portion of the plate -1- is bent'downwardly about an axes extending through the'in'termediate portion of the side walls 6, these teeth extending preferably forwardly toward the blade 8 when properly seated within the mount. The opening 5 extends some distance to the rear of the front edge of the blade 8- and as the teeth 4 terminate beneath the blade, there is left a free passage between the blade for lather, etc., the front edge of the blade at the side por- V Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 17, 1919. Serial No. 297,759.

' Patented Dec. 2,1919.

tions beingsupported by the side walls .-6 which in turn are provided with stops :.9 to properly limit'and hold: the blade 8+ in position. Thesev stops -9+ may be formed; in any suitable manner as by punchmg up parts of the plate l or in any other suitable manner. The blade .-8- is held in place upon the base 1- by a holding and clamping member -10 connected to the rear of the base for pivotal or rocking movement to permit the separation of the parts to an extent, thereby allowing removal of the blade and permit the easy cleaning of the structure. For this purpose the clamping member is formed with a slightly curved body portion 11 and one edge thereof bent substantially U-shape, as shown in Fig. 2, and having its rear edge portions formed with any suitable number of eyes 12 adapted to engage and register laterally with eyes 13 upon the rear edge of the plate 1- so as to form a pivot in connection with the rod -.-14. While I have shown a number of these eyes, I preferably use a lesser number for thereason that a lesser number will provide adequate strength for the purpose in hand, reduces the expense of manufacture and it is much easier to keep the mount clean.

The plate 1 upon its rear face is providedwith a boss or bushing 15 riveted or otherwise secured thereto and interiorly threaded, as shown, to receive the hardened steel plug 16, the lower end of which is adapted to engage snugly with the handle 17,'as shown in. Fig. 2. The upper end of the hardened steel plug, which extends through the plate 1-, terminates in a. circumferential groove 18 adjacent to its upper end. '19, is a spring rod, best shown in Fig. 3, mounted at each end in the flanges -20+ of the clamping member 10- so that when the clamping member, holding the razor blade, is forced downwardly, this rod -19 will engage orsnap into the circumferential groove 18- and hold the clamping member which in turn carries the blade in a locked position.

To remove the blade it is only necessary to exert pressure on the rear edge of the clamping member which will disengage with rod 19 from the recess 18 and allow it to rock suflicientlyto remove the blade.

What I claim is V 1. A mount for a razor blade, comprising a base, one edge of Which terminates in a guard, a clamping member hinged to said base and adapted to hold a'bladetherein, an 'interiorly threaded bushing secured to one side of said base and a plugengaginz-said bushing and having a circumferential groove on 'one end and its opposite'end engaging the handle, a handle, aspring mounted in the clamping member and engaging said 1 -guard,'a clamping anember hing-ed to said baseian'd adapted to hold gblade therein, a

bushing secured in one side of said'base a plug engaging said; bnshing; and ,having a g'I'OOVOJD one end and 'It'S opposite end adapted to be pressed into a reoe'ssin'fthe handle,

"a handle, a spring mounted inv the elamp- 20 ing member'and engaging said groo eto retain the clamping memberin operable position. III WifinBSS WhereofI have hereunto set myhand this 10th day or" May 1919. 1

vl itnessesz f RICHARD EQRITTER,

; Gan-son;

J NG R: 

